The Misadventures Of P.B. Winterbottom Hits XBLA Next Month

Next month, Xbox Live Arcade will be going super retro with the release of The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom, a platformer influenced by the style of the 60s.... the 1860s. Winterbottom comes out on Feb. 17, for 800 Microsoft Points.

Things that are good about this game:

Innovative platforming action

The title character is chasing pies

Weird time-shifting dynamic

Looks like Edward Gorey meets Terry Gilliam

Uses the word "Buttwit" as an insult.

At this moment, TheFeed's Jack Gaskill is playing Winterbottom in our game laboratory, and he says: "It's pretty damn whimsical." You heard it hear first.